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      Moral distress experienced by nurses: a quantitative literature review.

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          Nurses are frequently confronted with ethical dilemmas in their nursing practice. As a consequence, nurses report experiencing moral distress. The aim of this review was to synthesize the available quantitative evidence in the literature on moral distress experienced by nurses. We appraised 19 articles published between January 1984 and December 2011. This review revealed that many nurses experience moral distress associated with difficult care situations and feel burnout, which can have an impact on their professional position. Further research is required to examine worksite strategies to support nurses in these situations and to develop coping strategies for dealing with moral distress.

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          Journal
          Nurs Ethics
          Nursing ethics
          SAGE Publications
          1477-0989
          0969-7330
          Feb 2015
          : 22
          : 1
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium okim1108@gmail.com.
          [2 ] Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
          Article
          0969733013502803
          10.1177/0969733013502803
          24091351
          36a8cbaf-df5b-408b-94d3-99e5e2401a0a
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          nurses,moral distress intensity,moral distress frequency,moral distress,Literature review

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